Sparky writes: The attached TTT item appears in the latest (October 2002) issue of Movieline. The name of the article is ‘Oscar Bait 2002.’ It’s not the most enthusiastic Oscar nod . . . in fact the only nod here is that of the reader, and quite possibly the author, nodding off to sleep. I especially like the reference to “Fairies.” Did I miss something?? [More]
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The folks at Dork Tower send us the link to the latest comic…DVD goodness! [More]
I know a picture of the Toy Biz Treebeard action figure has been floating around for a while, but I’m not sure that I’ve seen one this large and with quite as much detail until now.
Update: Okay, it looks like Marvel had to take down their piccie, but you can still see it on War of the Ring’s gallery. [More]
A three-year fight to save a Lord of the Rings style eco-house in Pembrokeshire has finally been lost. The owner of the turf-covered roundhouse at Brithdir Mawr at Newport has had his appeal over planning permission refusal dismissed. More]
Frodo’s Girl reports: “…didn’t know if you guys heard, but according to a German friend of mine, cinemax cinemas in Germany are already selling tickets to the midnight showing of TTT- as of the 12th of this month.” It’s on Herr der Ringe, she says.
Yes “Beyond the Movie” is available in Europe – but not from New Line. The “extended” version included in extended LOTR DVD sets in America is not available in UK etc, presumably because someone else other than New Line owns the rights in these markets and the owner of those rights does not want to see their lucrative “standalone” sales of the “standard” Nat Geographic DVD impacted by having New Line give away an extended version with their product.
Thanks to Irascian for the news.